DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,019

OPELIKA FOUNDRY COMPANY
OPELIKA, ALABAMA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on April 16, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by the subject firm on behalf of workers at
Opelika Foundry Co., Opelika, Alabama. The workers produced grey
iron water works castings.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import grey iron castings.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers. The survey revealed that the
major customers did not increase foreign imports of grey iron water
works castings while, at the same time, decreasing purchases from
the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Opelika
Foundry Co., Opelika, Alabama, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of July 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance